PhD position in Organic Chemistry, FP7 Marie Curie Initial Training Network, Project name: RNPnet, Early-Stage Researcher (ESR) At the Institute of Organic Chemistry, Center of Chemistry and Biomedicine, University of Innsbruck, Austria, one PhD position is available, in the group led by Prof. Ronald Micura, starting April 2012, for a
period of 36 months.
The research will be focused on design, synthesis and characterization of labeled nucleosides and nucleic acid constructs and evaluation of their structural and biology-related properties by modern spectroscopic methods. The preferred candidate should have a strong background in synthetic organic chemistry and interest in research on synthesis of modified oligonucleotides including their spectroscopic characterization.
The project is highly multidisciplinary, involving diverse aspects of chemistry, biochemistry, molecular biology, and biomolecule structure and dynamics (NMR spectroscopy, X-ray crystallography).
Your profile:
Master degree in chemistry (organic chemistry).
- Due to FP7 ITN project regulations ‚early-stage researchers’ (ESR) must, at the time of recruitment (ITN) or secondment (IAPP, IRSES) by the host organisation, be in the first four years (full-time equivalent research experience) of their research careers and have not yet been awarded a doctoral degree.
- ITN ‚mobility rule’ applies: the ESR must not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies) in the country of their host organisation for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately prior the call deadline.
- No nationality restriction.
Applications:
For consideration please forward by email to ronald.micura@uibk.ac.at a CV, information on previous research experience as well as a list of publications and contact coordinates of two academic referees.
Please mark the email with „ITN PhD application“.
Application deadline: February 15th, 2012
The successful applicant will be employed full-time in accordance with the agreement between the EU FP7 Marie Curie Initial Training Network regulations and the University of Innsbruck.